HORTICULTURE 



Vol. xxxii 



AUGUST 21, 1920 



No. 8 



THE TALK. OF THE TRADE 



For two years past, buyers of field- 

 prowii carnation plants have been 

 warned early that there would be a 

 short supply. ;ind that warning was 

 found to be true in each case, but this 

 year is not any different, in fact, 

 I am waking up to the fact that the 

 supply is less this year than at any 

 time in my memory: and to make mat- 

 ters worse, field-grown plants have been 

 small and of poor quality in general. 

 Of course, anyone can get Matchless, 

 it is to be found everywhere: but out- 



side of that variety there is a de- 

 cidedly short supply. 



I also find that with few exceptions 

 the plant houses are away behind other 

 years. Anyone who hasn't bought up 

 to this time and still expects to get 

 field-grown plants I advise to get busy 

 without delay. 



I was quite taken back about a year 

 ago when I learned from Mr. James 

 Wheeler of Xatick that he proposed to 

 grow Godfrey callas planted right into 



the ground without any made-up beds, 

 artificial drainage or anything of the 

 kind under them. A number of other 

 growers felt the same as I did: we 

 thought they would be inclined to run 

 to foliage with very little flowering 

 tendency, but those visitors who saw 

 the house of Godfrey callas last year 

 any time during the winter and away 

 into spring know very well that it 

 turned out results. 



When I called on Mr. Wheeler a few 

 days ago, I found he was so well 

 pleased that he was going to repeat 

 this same method this year. He told 



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